Prevent Fire With Fire Stop Systems

Simple precautions if followed go a long way in preventing fire from breaking out. Let's look into steps necessary to keep cables and wires secured. Products available in the market to prevent fire, and cover cable tray systems and wires include the following:

• Split Sleeve
• Penetrator systems for new cable installation
• Bulkhead Plates
• End Caps
• Full Kit (Putty)
• Future Proof Plates and many more other items

A split sleeve system is designed for encasing cables that have been installed without a sleeve, so are in violation of the firewall. This is essential since every building is required to meet fire code requirements these days. This equipment is made of threaded, rigid conduit that gets cut into half, and can easily fit into and around installed cables.

The Penetrator systems used during new cable installation include smooth penetrator, threaded penetrator, membrane penetrator and cap penetrator. A cap penetration is a fire rated penetration that was designed to save both time and money. This product ensures that no cable wires get damaged while penetrating partition walls. This procedure is seen commonly commercial buildings. It can be easily installed in the top plate of a sheetrock wall. This cap penetration equipment will be up and running in five seconds.

Bulkhead Plates have to be specially designed to fit your wiring arrangements. So order bulkhead plates in advance as customizations require time and a great deal of effort. These plates work as inside washers for split sleeve systems to fix multiple cable penetrations and large holes. Find a company that offers a 24 hour turnaround time. Plates can be configured in many combinations like 1- 2- 4 inch slots and holes.

End caps are essential for sealing the ends of empty or abandoned sleeve systems. There are certain guidelines listed by the National Electric Code that have to be followed to prevent and reduce fuel load in a fire. What are End Caps? End Caps are used for encasing empty and also abandoned sleeve systems.

A Full Kit (Putty) comprises of an 18 cubic inch of intumescent putty. This is included in the
same sleeve system you install. Future Proof Plates or are known in short as FPP's are installed to preserve and uphold firewall penetrations made by installers in a new building. FPP's are new, unique and used with mechanical sleeve systems. It's difficult to predict how a fire might break out but prevention by keeping wires and cables secured.

Unique Fire Stop Products ensure that cables and wires are properly encased and installed. Cable tray systems are commonly seen in commercial buildings and help stop fire from breaking out.